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activate

verb

1 activate

Put in motion or move to act.

synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip.

is a specific kind of: initiate, pioneer.

cause: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place.

derivation: act, deed, human action, human activity | actuation, propulsion | induction, initiation, trigger | actuator | trip, tripper | activation | spark.

Dutch: aandrijven, inschakelen, aanzetten, activeren

2 activate

Make active or more active.

is a specific kind of: alter, change, modify.

is a broader term that covers: reactivate.

is the opposite of: deactivate, inactivate.

derivation: activation | activator.

3 activate

Make more adsorptive.

is a specific kind of: alter, change, modify.

derivation: activation.

4 activate

Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.

synonym: aerate.

is a specific kind of: alter, change, modify.

derivation: aerator | activation | air.

5 activate

Make (substances) radioactive.

is a specific kind of: alter, change, modify.

derivation: activation.

Moby thesaurus: accelerate, actuate, animate, arouse, atomize, awaken, bombard, charge, cleave, contaminate, cross-bombard, energize, fission, galvanize, get going, impel, infect, initiate, irradiate, mobilize ... show more.

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